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Olympic Aunt and A-Level Exam Results

Chris is joined by Team GB's Olympic Gold Winning Taekwondo star Jade Jones' aunty Jo and Radio 1's Gemma Cairney offers her A-Level exam advice on results day.

Chris is joined by Olympic aunty Jo, who's throwing a party for Team GB's Taekwondo start Jade Jones who's going for gold in Rio. As hundreds of thousands of kids across the country receive their A-Level exam results, Gemma Cairney from The Surgery on 成人快手 Radio 1 is on hand to offer her advice for any anxious parents or confused teens! With this in mind, today's Top Tenuous is on the theme of celebrities we studied with at university and Sarah Joseph has an Olympic-inspired Pause for Thought.

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Thu 18 Aug 2016 06:30
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Music Played

  • Sweet

    Ballroom Blitz

    • The Sweet - Originals.
    • RCA.

  • Paul Simon

    Cool Papa Bell

    • (CD Single).
    • Concord Music Group.

  • Yello

    Oh Yeah

    • Essential Yello.
    • Mercury.

  • Adele

    Send My Love (To Your New Lover)

    • 25.
    • XL.

  • 顿别别别鈥怢颈迟别

    Groove Is In The Heart

    • The Best Of 100% Dance (Various Artists).
    • Telstar.

  • Texas

    Summer Son

    • Texas - The Greatest Hits.
    • Mercury.

  • Dolly Parton

    Pure & Simple

    • Pure & Simple.
    • RCA Nashville.

  • Bon Jovi

    Wanted Dead Or Alive

  • OneRepublic

    Wherever I Go

    • (CD Single).
    • Interscope.

  • Mungo Jerry

    In The Summertime

    • In The Summertime-Sound Of 70's, Part.
    • Old Gold.

  • Blossoms

    Charlemagne

    • (CD Single).
    • Virgin EMI.

  • DNCE

    Cake By The Ocean

    • (CD Single).
    • Republic.
    • 1.

  • Strawberry Switchblade

    Since Yesterday

    • Strawberry Switchblade.
    • Warner Bros.

  • The Kooks

    She Moves In Her Own Way

    • (CD Single).
    • Virgin.

  • Mike + the Mechanics

    Silent Running (On Dangerous Ground)

    • Rock City Nights (Various Artists).
    • Vertigo.
    • 20.

  • Sophie Ellis鈥怋extor

    Come With Us

    • Familia.
    • Re/Essential.
    • 001.

  • The Undertones

    Teenage Kicks

    • Beautiful Game (Various Artists).
    • Universal.

  • LunchMoney Lewis

    Bills

    • (CD Single).
    • Columbia.
    • 001.

  • Bobby Brown

    Two Can Play That Game

  • Boyzone

    Picture of You

    • Hits Zone - The Best Of 97 (Various).
    • Polygram Tv.

  • Four Tops

    Loco In Acapulco

    • Their Greatest Hits.
    • Telstar.

  • Desmond Dekker

    You Can Get It If You Really Want

    • Young Gifted & Black (Various).
    • Trojan.

  • Rick Astley

    Dance

    • (CD Single).
    • BMG.
    • 006.

  • WALK THE MOON

    Work This Body

    • (CD Single).
    • Sony Music.

  • Manic Street Preachers

    La Tristesse Durera (Scream To A Sigh)

    • National Treasures.
    • Columbia.
    • 10.

  • Pretenders

    Don't Get Me Wrong

    • Fantastic 80's - 3 (Various Artists).
    • Sony Tv/Columbia.

  • Michael Kiwanuka

    Love & Hate

    • (CD Single).
    • Polydor.

  • Cornershop

    Brimful of Asha (Norman Cook Remix)

    Remix Artist: Norman Cook.
    • The 1999 Brit Awards (Various Artists.
    • Columbia.

Pause for Thought

Pause for Thought
From Sarah Joseph, Editor of a Muslim lifestyle magazine:

Mo Farah's 10,000 metre race at the Rio Olympics at the weekend had many of us on the edge of our seats.
A tumble early in the race could well have ended his dream of retaining his Olympic title, and he was pushed to his limit on the last lap when he was overtaken. Farah鈥檚 sprint finish though was enough to clinch the Gold.

As he came over the finish line he was clearly exhausted.聽 However some reporters seem to misinterpret Farah's finishing 聽line action-one broadsheet describing how he 'Collapsed聽 to the floor and lay there prostrate'.

But for Muslims that action of prostrating yourself is a mark of prayer not tiredness. It's called Sujud, and millions of Muslims do it every day - putting one's head to the floor and reciting a prayer glorifying God. It's an act of complete surrender and humility, and is the reason I became a Muslim back in 1988.

A friend had invited me to her mosque to listen to a talk. Afterwards I had helped her tidy up. Just before we left she said, "I just need to say my prayers". I watched her stand, then bow, stand and then drop down into prostration.

My grandmother had taught me to pray on my knees, but this was something extraordinary. This was an outward sign of what I'd been trying to achieve in my life to this point - surrendering myself completely to The Divine. All my studies of religions in general, and Islam in particular, seem to crystallise at that moment, and I decided to become a Muslim.

I can't speak for athletes such as Mo Farah as to why they mark their victories by going into prostration. What I do know is that I find great peace by praying in this way, and of taking moments in my day to reflect on my personal life, and the universe of which I am part; giving myself over in complete surrender to something greater than myself. 聽

As for Mo Farah, he looks set to be running in the 5000 metre final this weekend. I know I will be on the edge of my seat screaming at my TV screen, willing him to win. And I do so hope to see his victory, his prostration, and of course, his famed MoBot!

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